# WTF? Was Up With The Simpsons Tonight? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 13, 2006, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-was-up-with-the-simpsons-tonight/348114 "2006-03-13T01:34:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-was-up-with-the-simpsons-tonight/348114/1 "2006-03-13T01:34:45Z")
If that wasn’t a grab bag of ideas ep. I don’t know what is. Hate to sound like the folks who are always complaining that this or that one was the worst one ever, but tonight’s pretty much blew dinos, IMHO. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Understander](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@The\_Understander](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Understander)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-was-up-with-the-simpsons-tonight/348114/2 "2006-03-13T01:37:46Z")
They got a little too cutesy with the concept: Tale within a tale within a tale… Moe and Mrs. Krabapple was … um, yeah. WTF was up with the Simpsons tonight? ---
**Author:** ![usar\_jag](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f0a364/32.png) [@usar\_jag](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/usar_jag)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-was-up-with-the-simpsons-tonight/348114/3 "2006-03-13T01:41:00Z")
I couldn’t disagree more. It was a very strong episode–I thought it was one of the better efforts in the last few seasons. Plenty of good references, and the development of minor characters (e.g., Snake & the Texas dude). It reminded me of the 20 Stories about Springfield episode. A definite “A” in my book. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-was-up-with-the-simpsons-tonight/348114/4 "2006-03-13T02:34:19Z")
Plus it had cameos by [Commander McBragg](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v163/jayjaybear/adelheid_mcbragg1.gif) and [Uncle Moneybags](http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v163/jayjaybear/moneybags.jpg)! ---
**Author:** ![mrrealtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@mrrealtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrrealtime)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-was-up-with-the-simpsons-tonight/348114/5 "2006-03-13T02:36:52Z")
It was a brilliant script! Probably one of the best yet! I especially loved the “Wooly Bully” telling the story about his escapade… ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-was-up-with-the-simpsons-tonight/348114/6 "2006-03-13T02:39:14Z")
A grab-bag, sure, but they made it work pretty well. I was worried it was going to be yet another “Tales from the Public Domain”-type episode, and from that standpoint at least it was something different. A couple of good jokes, and I was amused by the ram telling his story. ---
**Author:** ![sleeepy2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@sleeepy2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeepy2)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-was-up-with-the-simpsons-tonight/348114/7 "2006-03-13T03:04:14Z")
Monty comparing a spray-tanned Smithers to an orange cream-sicle was worth the price of admission for me! ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-was-up-with-the-simpsons-tonight/348114/8 "2006-03-13T03:13:27Z")
Any OTHER sitcom on TV with a script that good and people would be saying, “This is a LOCK for an Emmy next year!” It’s just mildly above par for the Simpsons. ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-was-up-with-the-simpsons-tonight/348114/9 "2006-03-13T03:31:03Z")
This is the best episode in a long time. But I also know that the next really great episode is going to be a long way off. Why do they tease us so? This proved that they can do great stuff, why so many crappy episodes the last few seasons? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-was-up-with-the-simpsons-tonight/348114/10 "2006-03-13T03:31:48Z")
I really enjoyed it. I thought it was really funny and well done. I am surprised by the WTF. Jim ---
**Author:** ![mobo85](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b19c9b/32.png) [@mobo85](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mobo85)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-was-up-with-the-simpsons-tonight/348114/11 "2006-03-13T03:33:43Z")
I thought that was a pretty good episode. The story-within-a-story-within-a-story thing was very funny. I was curious as to where another story would begin. And the ending gag involving the “final story” was priceless. And I liked Snake’s backstory. The Rich Texan I found funny as well, especially since I used to have a condition similar to his. "There’s some producers. One…twothreefour. Four producers. ---
**Author:** ![Whammo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8dc957/32.png) [@Whammo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whammo)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-was-up-with-the-simpsons-tonight/348114/12 "2006-03-13T03:34:44Z")
I would give my opinion but “Weather News” broke in TWICE lasting 10 minutes each time. 20 full minutes total for storms at the edge of the viewing audience. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-was-up-with-the-simpsons-tonight/348114/13 "2006-03-13T03:43:33Z")
The endless “flashbacks within flashbacks” kinda reminded me of the movie _Sorry, Wrong Number_. I missed the first segment, but still thought it was pretty cute. “All that summer, I was the perfect gentleman, so Krabapple would let me do her.” Comedy gold. ---
**Author:** ![Mehitabel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8797f3/32.png) [@Mehitabel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mehitabel)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-was-up-with-the-simpsons-tonight/348114/14 "2006-03-13T03:44:07Z")
I liked it. I always like to see Burns being a, well, a billionaire, doing billionaire stuff. Liked them stealing Homer’s hairs. And Maggie happily playing guns along with everybody else during the Mexican standoff. But it was strange that Marge, the only smart non-baby in the exploratory group, missed the entrance that Moe and Burns and the Texan and Snake just waltzed into. ---
**Author:** ![chrisk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@chrisk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisk)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-was-up-with-the-simpsons-tonight/348114/15 "2006-03-13T04:00:37Z")
I loved the whole episode. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-was-up-with-the-simpsons-tonight/348114/16 "2006-03-13T04:08:32Z")
> [@Mehitabel](#): > > But it was strange that Marge, the only smart non-baby in the exploratory group, missed the entrance that Moe and Burns and the Texan and Snake just waltzed into. Actually, Snake had the cool entrance from the ceiling. Therefore he deserved the gold. ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-was-up-with-the-simpsons-tonight/348114/17 "2006-03-13T04:18:56Z")
The show didn’t make me laugh out loud, but it had me smiling a few times, and – more imporantly – I didn’t have to cringe hardly at all. Not too bad for a recent episode. A question though: did anyone else think that Edna Krabappel’s voice sounded completely different? I would have sworn it was a new voice, but Marcia Wallace is still listed as being on the show on IMDB, and I hadn’t heard anything about her being replaced. Am I hearing things, or did anyone else notice it? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-was-up-with-the-simpsons-tonight/348114/18 "2006-03-13T04:30:36Z")
> [@Rodgers01](#): > > A question though: did anyone else think that Edna Krabappel’s voice sounded completely different? I think Wallace was trying to play slightly-younger Edna as less hardened, less cynical, more naïve, etc. Certainly softer in tone and heart. I guess the derisive “Ha!” came after trying to teach Bart for a few months. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-was-up-with-the-simpsons-tonight/348114/19 "2006-03-13T04:38:05Z")
> [@Rodgers01](#): > > A question though: did anyone else think that Edna Krabappel’s voice sounded completely different? It’s what **Bryan Ekers** said. (And as much as I hate to say it, she was a little bit sexy.) From the second she got off the bus, I could tell it was only going to be ‘last summer’- that is, it’d turn out she’d been in Springfield for less that a year. That’s one of those imperfect retcons that the show has done so often in recent years. I call 'em Tamzarians. Ah well. It is what it is. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2006, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-was-up-with-the-simpsons-tonight/348114/20 "2006-03-13T05:44:24Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > It’s what **Bryan Ekers** said. (And as much as I hate to say it, she was a little bit sexy.) From the second she got off the bus, I could tell it was only going to be ‘last summer’- that is, it’d turn out she’d been in Springfield for less that a year. That’s one of those imperfect retcons that the show has done so often in recent years. I call 'em Tamzarians. Ah well. It is what it is. Well, Edna has previously stated she is not from Springfield originally. From the Bicentennial/Jedidiah Springfield epsiode: Edna: Embiggens…I never heard that word before I moved to Springfield. Ms. Hoover: I don’t see why not, it’s a perfectly cromulent world. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-was-up-with-the-simpsons-tonight/348114.md?page=2)